Foot rest



F. w. BACON Foo'rREsT July 19, 1927.

3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Ooi.. 23. 1926 July 419, 1927.

F. w. BAcoN FOOTREST Filed OC.. 25. 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 WBA CON,

FREDERIC #SJW/M @um L Patented July 19, 1927.

UNITED4 STATES FREDERIC w. Bacon, or NEW Yoan,v N, Y.

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Application filed October l23, 1926. YSerial No. 143,584.

This invention relates to foot rests for railway cars. t l A The invention consists essentially of a plate constituting the foot rest proper, having trunnions, supports adapted `to receive the trunnions to suspend the plate, and a cross bar to which the forward end of the plate is hinged, whereby the plate will be securely held in position and yet be capable of being raised from the car floor to facilitate cleaning the floor.

In the accompanying drawings: n

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved foot rest as applied beneath the cross seat of a railway car;

Figure 2 is a front elevation; l

Figure 3 is a plan view of the foot rest proper;

Figure 4 is a detail view of the foot rest. and supporting brackets;

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 6 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

In these drawings, I have illustrated a conventional type of car cross seat having a seat proper 1, back 2, and arms 8. On the aisle side of the seat is a supporting frame designated as a whole by the numeral 4t and having standards 5 with a connecting cross piece 6 extending between them. In the present instance, the rearmost standard 5 is :z5 provided with a bearing surface 7 for the purpose hereinafter set forth. Adjacent the side wall 8 of the car beneath the seat is a space 9 for a heater. The outer panel of this heater compartment is indicated at 10 and beyond this heater panel is a supporting plate 11, adapted to support the usual cross seat heater, not shown, as it forms no part of the present invention. Mounted on the heater panel 10 is a supporting bracket 12, having a bearing surface 13. The panel 10 is provided with slots 14, bolts 14 passing through openings in said bracket and through said slots, to hold the bracket in position, the slots in the panel 10 permitting of the adjustment of said bracket so that it may be positioned opposite to the bearing .surface 7 in the standard 5, whereby the foot rest plate may be suspended between said bracket and standard.

I will now describe myfoot rest proper and the manner of mounting same. In Fig= upper side and reinforcing ribs 17 onthe underside. On three sid'esof the plate 15 is an upstanding portion 18 which further reinforces the plate, the portion at the lower edge serving as a support for the heels of the passenger. Trunnions 19 are provided at either end of the plate 15, one to rest on the bearing surface in the standard 5 on the aisle side of the seat and the other resting in the bearing surface 18 in the bracket 12. The foot rest plate is shown as cut away at 20 to provide clearance of the plate 11 when the foot rest plate is hinged to a cross bar 21.`

In order to securely hold the foot rest in position and at the same time permit i1; to be swung away from the wall when it is desired to clean the floor, I provide a hinge 22 of the continuous rod type extending the full length of the upper edge of the foot rest. One flange of Vthe hinge is riveted to the foot rest, asshown at 23, and the other {iange riveted to the angle bar 21, as shown at 24. This angle bar 21 extends lengthwise of the seat from the cross piece 6 of the seat support to the supporting plate 11 and is secured on the aisle side by bending one portion thereof downwardly and inwardly to form a bracket, a bolt and nut 25 securing this inwardly bent portion to the cross piece 6 of the seat support. The opposite end of the angle bar has one portion bent downwardly and secured to the heater supporting plate 11 by bolts 26.

Thus, it will be seen that the foot rest. proper is supported at one end by the bracket 12 and at the other by the seat supporting frame and securely held in position by having its forward end hinged to the cross bar 21. However,brackets could be utilized at each end of 'the plate 15 to support it and I therefor do not desire to be limited to the details of construction shown and described.

While I have shown my improved foot rest as applied to a railway car seat, it is obvious that it may be utilized in connection with seats whether, in the form of benches or chairs, in other situations, such as in au ditoriums, school rooms, meeting houses or elsewhere.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a foot rest, a cross bar, nieans forV supporting said cross bar, ai supporting bracket adjust-ably mounted adjacent one end of said cross bar, a plate constiti-itingthe foot rest proper, such plate bei-ngy piv- Votally connected to said bar and removably supported at one end by said bracket and at the other by said supporting meansv7 Whereby said plate may be adjusted t'o change' theV angle of its inclination and raised aWay from the floor for facilitating cleaning of the door.

2. In a foot rest, an angle bar, supporting members adjacent said angle baiya plate constituting the foot rest proper, trunn-ionS carried, by saidA plate and removably mounted in said supporting niembers5 and' a' hinge connecting said plate to said angle bar.

3. In a foot rest, a plate having,r trunnions at theopposite ends thereof7 an angle bar hinged to Said plate, a support having :i bearing surface adapted to receive one oi' the trunnions, a vsupportingr bracket haviingy a bearing' surface adapted to be positioned to receive the other trunnion so that the two bearing surfaces will be opposite and snpport the plate at a proper distance from the floor. v

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

FREDERIC W. BACON. 

